Political Strategist|Advocate|Creator &Host: #EmbracingYourVoicePod Author,The Instigators: How Black Women Are Essential to American Democracy (And What We Can Learn From Them) Harper 2026 Fmr: Elected Virginia DNC Member & Prez,Young Dems of Americahttps://bsky.app/profile/atimaomara.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/atimaomara.bsky.social/post/3mvqonvfhf22oGood grief I ain’t never seen it this good across ALL the major polls in a while. Like a couple of polls? Sure. Allll of them?! This is why Trump is trying to find ways to mess with mail in voting [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Sep 2026 22:17 +0000at://did:plc:nyy6xonlicu4fdktafg3dv7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvqonvfhf22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/atimaomara.bsky.social/post/3mvoub5hcr22oThis is what happens when political leaders just blink when he tore down the East Wing of the White House He’s going to keep doing this… [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Sep 2026 04:52 +0000at://did:plc:nyy6xonlicu4fdktafg3dv7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvoub5hcr22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/atimaomara.bsky.social/post/3mvn5czjhuc23I saw so many musicals, plays, ballets, and even a little opera. The Kennedy Center was a cultural center in DC. It was a place that one could see award winning and world renowned performers at an affordable rate. And it invested in the arts in the local community Everything he touches dies https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/arts/music/kennedy-center-trump-name-inscription-judge-ruling.html16 Sep 2026 12:29 +0000at://did:plc:nyy6xonlicu4fdktafg3dv7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvn5czjhuc23https://bsky.app/profile/atimaomara.bsky.social/post/3mvm4p273bk2nWhoever is advising Sheeran is doing a bad job Like does his staff work for Sydney Sweeney? Because this milquetoast, wishy washy don’t know where you stand/don’t want to say nothing statement ain’t it either… [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Sep 2026 02:45 +0000at://did:plc:nyy6xonlicu4fdktafg3dv7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvm4p273bk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/atimaomara.bsky.social/post/3mvjqlsathc2iYeah the lights are definitely on, but… nobody is home. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Sep 2026 04:03 +0000at://did:plc:nyy6xonlicu4fdktafg3dv7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvjqlsathc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/atimaomara.bsky.social/post/3mvjf6irqvk23If I I believed them… It was because his name was added is why Kennedy Center is on the brink of collapse 🤷🏾‍♀️ Took a perfectly lovely institution (putting out world class programming) and like everything else destroyed it [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Sep 2026 00:39 +0000at://did:plc:nyy6xonlicu4fdktafg3dv7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvjf6irqvk23https://bsky.app/profile/atimaomara.bsky.social/post/3mvjaaggrqc23Mitch McConnell has been spotted, wheeled out of his wheelhouse in a suit. Mostly alive? Eyes open, sitting upright, words were not uttered though14 Sep 2026 23:11 +0000at://did:plc:nyy6xonlicu4fdktafg3dv7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvjaaggrqc23https://bsky.app/profile/atimaomara.bsky.social/post/3mvbri4vojs2x9/11 for me is about remembering the victims who died on that day as well. But today really hits hard because I remembers the events of that day…and what life was like before 9/11 The world really got turned on its axis in ways we feel today. 🧵 (1/11 Sep 2026 23:58 +0000at://did:plc:nyy6xonlicu4fdktafg3dv7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvbri4vojs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/atimaomara.bsky.social/post/3mv6ufl4sw22jThis so sums up late stage capitalism [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Sep 2026 20:12 +0000at://did:plc:nyy6xonlicu4fdktafg3dv7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6ufl4sw22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/atimaomara.bsky.social/post/3mv3tizhbhc27I was in Central Virginia at that time… with the Pentagon just North, and one of the largest U.S. Naval bases just South… I thought Virginia could get carpet bombed like Pearl Harbor I remember walking outside on that clear blue day and instinctively ducking when I realized I was exposed.. [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Sep 2026 15:18 +0000at://did:plc:nyy6xonlicu4fdktafg3dv7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv3tizhbhc27https://bsky.app/profile/atimaomara.bsky.social/post/3muskn5lltc2wI genuinely love that the “rise of cat seducers” is an article If you need a few chuckles might I suggest this story for your holiday weekend https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/sep/05/the-unsettling-rise-of-the-cat-seducers05 Sep 2026 22:46 +0000at://did:plc:nyy6xonlicu4fdktafg3dv7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3muskn5lltc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/atimaomara.bsky.social/post/3mus5fycfj22s*lol sob* [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Sep 2026 18:49 +0000at://did:plc:nyy6xonlicu4fdktafg3dv7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mus5fycfj22shttps://bsky.app/profile/atimaomara.bsky.social/post/3mun5zixkoc2wAt a women’s leadership conference, I got to meet Gloria Steinem At this point, I’d been working in politics and advocacy for a while, and I was then, President of the Young Democrats of America. And I was pleasantly surprised at how down to her earth and friendly she was as an activist celeb 🧵 (1/03 Sep 2026 19:16 +0000at://did:plc:nyy6xonlicu4fdktafg3dv7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mun5zixkoc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/atimaomara.bsky.social/post/3muj37fqswk2eTarrant County (the home of Fort Worth) has become something of a battleground county in the last few years So yes the closing of polling will disenfranchise students and low income communities and for the GOP that has always been the point [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Sep 2026 04:15 +0000at://did:plc:nyy6xonlicu4fdktafg3dv7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3muj37fqswk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/atimaomara.bsky.social/post/3muijeisilk2eThe lack of empathy with right wingers remains astonishing to me… [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Sep 2026 22:56 +0000at://did:plc:nyy6xonlicu4fdktafg3dv7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3muijeisilk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/atimaomara.bsky.social/post/3muhvmjpv222eMedgar Evers International Airport in JACKSON, Mississippi Thurgood Marshall, BWI Louis Armstrong NOLA Int’l Maynard Jackson, Atlanta Int’l Tom Bradley, LA Int’l Muhammad Ali, Louisville Airport Only way this made sense is if he asked when we gonna name an airport after a Black Woman🤷🏾‍♀️ [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Sep 2026 17:03 +0000at://did:plc:nyy6xonlicu4fdktafg3dv7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhvmjpv222ehttps://bsky.app/profile/atimaomara.bsky.social/post/3mufludotss2vYeah nation states/empires don’t collapse immediately. More like over time (eg see Rome, Egypt) slow degradation… that can speed up or stop completely based off pivotal events… [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Aug 2026 19:03 +0000at://did:plc:nyy6xonlicu4fdktafg3dv7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mufludotss2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/atimaomara.bsky.social/post/3mufi6ai2q22vIt’s almost like, government is useful for things…. “Who could’ve seen food recalls and shortages (as a result) coming!” 🙄 [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Aug 2026 17:57 +0000at://did:plc:nyy6xonlicu4fdktafg3dv7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mufi6ai2q22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/atimaomara.bsky.social/post/3mudu4movbs2vYes. Black Mamas Matter National Domestic Workers Alliance John Hopkins Center for Indigenous Health Olivia could’ve just donated to a Planned Parenthood (as most like her would), but sharing resources w/ Black and women of color led/centered groups indicates thoughtful intention [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Aug 2026 02:25 +0000at://did:plc:nyy6xonlicu4fdktafg3dv7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mudu4movbs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/atimaomara.bsky.social/post/3mucyn3g4k22vThis is great news for the SCOTUS expansion project because a Clyburn endorsement means more cautious Dems in Congress (will get on board) Important note: I’m very sure Clyburn was able to get there more quickly given the SCOTUS Louisiana v Callais decision destroying the Voting Rights Act [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Aug 2026 18:13 +0000at://did:plc:nyy6xonlicu4fdktafg3dv7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mucyn3g4k22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/atimaomara.bsky.social/post/3muaaawbrhc2v🚨PSA: Texas has suspended more than 1 million voters across the state for various reasons.. Of course they did 😑 What voters can do: Check status on the Texas secretary of state’s website, at a county election office, or by mail. Folks have until October 5 to update it . https://newrepublic.com/post/214832/texas-suspended-1-million-voters-ahead-senate-race29 Aug 2026 15:52 +0000at://did:plc:nyy6xonlicu4fdktafg3dv7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3muaaawbrhc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/atimaomara.bsky.social/post/3mu677jvlpk2vThe SCREAM I SCRUMPT [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Aug 2026 20:28 +0000at://did:plc:nyy6xonlicu4fdktafg3dv7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu677jvlpk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/atimaomara.bsky.social/post/3mu3waycqbk2yI can’t remember where I was listening to this, but the “weekend at Mitch’s” game being played by GOP? Is for sure a trial run for whenever it could possibly happen The more the media does not push and Beshear doesn’t hire an Olivia Pope to unearth him, the more likely they WILL do this again27 Aug 2026 22:42 +0000at://did:plc:nyy6xonlicu4fdktafg3dv7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3waycqbk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/atimaomara.bsky.social/post/3mtz7hyhcgk2oI know you f—ing lying Tim Curry?!!26 Aug 2026 20:49 +0000at://did:plc:nyy6xonlicu4fdktafg3dv7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtz7hyhcgk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/atimaomara.bsky.social/post/3mtykyvihac2aYeah… I remember working with a young staffer who said her first election she worked was 2016 And I’m like “I’m so sorry” Her teen years were at least during the Obama years… [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Aug 2026 14:43 +0000at://did:plc:nyy6xonlicu4fdktafg3dv7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtykyvihac2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/atimaomara.bsky.social/post/3mtxeaqwg322rGrim Reaper… needs to be put on speaker for a conference call… because WHY is the picker OFF?!26 Aug 2026 03:09 +0000at://did:plc:nyy6xonlicu4fdktafg3dv7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtxeaqwg322r